Improvement in railway cars



wiLLlAM BELL.

Improvement in Railway Cars. N0. 123,610. Patented Feb. 13,1872.

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IMPRVEMENT IN RAlLWAV CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,610, dated February13,1872.

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BELL, of Perth Amboy, in the State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cars; and herebydeclare that the following is a full and clear description ofthe same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in

which- Figure l is a side View of top ot' a truck and car-body embodyingmy improvement. Fi 0'. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sect-ion of thecarbody removed from its truck. Fig. 3 is a-plan view of the floor oi'the truck with the car-body removed.

This invention has reference to a removable car-body, so that freightmay be transported over railroads varying in gauge without breakingbulk. By reason of it the car-body is capable of being convenientlytransferred, detached from its truck, to a vessel for transportationover Water, and thereby admitting of a connection with other lines ofrailroads, either of the.-

saine or a dii'erent gauge, Without handling in transit the contents ofsuch car. It also permits of the car-body being transported, with itscontents undisturbed, on city drays, to a warehouse. The car-bodies,after they have been unloaded, can, by reason of this improve nient, bemore readily and economically returned to their place of destination. Itadmits ofthe use of a less number oftrucks on a railroad, and hencereduces the cost of rollingstock, as a small number of such trucks canbe in use transporting car-bodies While carbodies previously transportedby such trucks have not yet been unloaded or are yet heilig transportedon vessels or on dra-ys to their ultimate place of destination.

In the drawing, which serves to illustrate my invention, A is the floorof a truck, upon which are constructed four double supports, B B', &c.,for the purpose of retaining the four corners otthecar-body in a rigidmanner. C C, Src., are the four sides of a car-body, having a bottom, D,independent of the iioor'of the truck.

In order that the car-bodies maynest er pack one within another, so asto return several upon one truck, the shape of the sides of each is suchthat they make an obtuse angle with its bottom, instead of being atright angles thereto, as seen in the drawing.

E E. &e., are rings, one placed at each corner of the car-body, in orderthat the hooksattached to the chains of a crane may be connectedtherewith, in order to readily shift the carbody from one point toanother. F is an opening for discharging freight, such as coal orgra-in, This openin g may be made in any convenient manner.

Claims.

l. A removable car-body, constructed in the form as shown, with inclinedsides, arranged and combined with the platform of the car adapted toreceive and hold it, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. rlhe supports B B', Ste., on the platform A, at the corners, forretaining the said body in position, as set forth.

WM. BELL.

Witnesses:

J Arms H. HUNTER, A. B. MALooMsoN, Jr.

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